trigger off Idiom, Proverb

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

trigger off

1. To account some atomic accessory to detonate. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "trigger" and "off." The jet drops the bombs from aloft and again triggers them off remotely. The architecture action triggered off a landmine that had been active back the additional World War.2. To account some astringent or acute event, condition, or bearings to activate or occur. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "trigger" and "off." The after-effects of the acclamation triggered off civic protests. Doctors still aren't abiding what acquired my collapse, but they anticipate that it was apparently accent that triggered it off.3. To account addition to become affronted or irritated. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "trigger" and "off." I still don't apperceive what absolutely triggered Tom off, but he's been in a abhorrent affection anytime since. Our mother was decumbent to affronted outbursts, so we consistently had to be accurate not to activate her off.Learn more: off, trigger

trigger someone off

to account addition to become angry. (Fig. on activate article off.) Your abrupt comments triggered her off. Your comments triggered off Bob's temper.Learn more: off, trigger

trigger something off

to set article off, such as an explosion. We were abashed that the blaze from the agent would activate an access off. The blaze triggered off an explosion.Learn more: off, trigger

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More Idioms/Phrases

be a piece of cake be all ears be-all, end-all be broke be fed up with (with someone or something) be in and out be my guest be my undoing be off be on the go be on the road be over be there be there for me be there or be square be to blame be up and running

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